‘I’d dress as Judy Garland and scare my parents’ Rufus Wainwright’s honest playlist
8 months in The guardian
The singer-songwriter rises to Bruce Springsteen and loves the Eurythmics. But why has he had to rebrand as Wainwright?The song I do at karaoke
My daughter is a typical teenager. She’s 13 and not interested in much that I do, but the other day I was singing Begin the Beguine by Cole Porter and she actually came down and asked: “What the hell was that?” So that song has some magic to it. It always elevates the world around me.The song I can no longer listen to
Stephen Sondheim is brilliant, but I can’t stand Send in the Clowns. It just gets on my tits. Yes, I know that’s a very British expression. I’m pandering to you guys. Continue reading...